Prostitution and Sexuality in Shanghai: A Social History, 1849-1949 by Christian Henriot

Prostitution and Sexuality in Shanghai: A Social History, 1849-1949

Christian Henriot with Noel Castelino (Translator)

486 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative slow-paced
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Shanghai's nightlife, from the mid-nineteenth century until the victory of the Communist Party in 1949, was dominated by the world of prostitution. Henriot portrays the Chinese sex trade, from the sophisticated life of the courtesan, to the common...

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